Lesson 134

Dictationexercises.

They propose to alter the place of the altar.
He cast his ballot for mayor. The ballet dancer
and the ballad singer arrived. The wine seller
lived in a cellar. He said that the cymbal was
a symbol of music. They sent an arrant rogue
on the errand. His manner of conducting the manor
did not suit the lord. The prophet of Mammon
foretold great profit. The relics of the kingdom
were saved by the relict of the king. The stature
of the statue of Liberty is fixed by statute.

Lesson 135.

rack, an engine of torture. write, to make letters.
wrack, a sea-plant. wright, a workman.
rap, to strike. roe, eggs of a fish.
wrap, to roll together. row, to impel with oars.
reck, to heed; to care. rose, a flower.
wreck, destruction. rows, does row.
rice, a kind of grain. roes, plural of roe.
rise, increase; ascent. sees, beholds.
rite, a ceremony. seas, large bodies of water.
right, not wrong. seize, to lay hold of

Lesson 136.

Ofaffixes.

Many words are formed by adding something to the end
of another word. The added part is called an
affix; as ly, added to man, forms manly. In this,
and the following seventeen lessons, the more common
affixes are indicated.